—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 30, 1966
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Reflections
(From the files of Lancaster Farming)
One Year Ago
JULY, 1965
Land Transferred For F & H
Center Ten and one-half
acres along the Route 230 By-
Pass were transferred from
donor Elmer L Esbenshade to
the Lancaster County Farm &
Home Foundation this week
(July 3)
The tract was offered as a
challenge gitt on the condition
that a minimum of $200,000
would be raised by the Foun
dation through public subscrip
tion
The Foundation will build
a Farm & Home Center on tke
site when the goal of $375,000
has been subscribed More
than 2.000 farmers and hun
dieds of other commercial and
individual contributors re
sponded to the F & H fund
raising campaign held earlier
this spring
Misses Hershey and Ober
Named 1965 Queens From a
field of 80 hopeful girls repre
senting their respective 4-H
clubs last week, two emerged
Thursday night (July 15) as
queens for a year.
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Barbara Hershey, 15-ycar-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. El
wood Hershey of Lititz R 2,
was named Senior Queen.
Linda Ober, the Junior Queen,
is the 13-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. L. Ray Ober, 532
Petersburg Rd., Lancaster.
Marvin Zimmerman Captures
County Plowing Title Mar
vin Zimmerman, East Earl Rl,
won the (list annual Lancas
ter County contour plowing
contest trophy this week (July
31), sponsored by the Conser
vation district
The 20-year-old farmer earn
ed 544 points of a possible 600
to gam permanent possession
of one trophy, plus a $25
award from the State Soil &
Water Conservation Commis
sion. He also took temporary
possession of the king-sized
rotating trophy, but must win
for three consecutive years to
retain it permanently.
Zirpmerman’s win at the
county-level contest, held on
the Speedwell Forge Farm of
Gerald Darlington at Lititz R 2,
entitles him to enter the state
contest later this year.
Swine Producers Hear Spe
cialisj: Talk On Hog Profits
and
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Member* of the. Lancaster -Between 230 and 300 volun-Singing Ne< dUs sewing club.
County Swine Producers As- teers, including firemen and Mist 7 n-tmun, representing
sociation last Saturday! - (July neighboring farmers, worked the Lincoln Community Club,
24), held their annual field into the evening with tractors is IS years old; the daughter of
day at the H& H 'Form.of and wagons to haul the smold- Mr. and Mix J. Ira Zartman,
John Hess 11, near Willow ering hay away from the build- Ephrata Rl.
Street. ings.
Following several market hog
judging contests and lunch,
members heard Dwight Youn
kin, Penn State livestock spec
ialist, • discuss the importance
of feed efficiency to profits in
the hog business.
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Conservation Directors Meet
With County Planners The
Lancaster County Soil & Water
Conservation District directors
met this week (July 24) for an
informal discussion with coun
ty planning commission direc
tor Ellis Harned.
The conservationists‘were in
terested in getting a better
understanding of the effects of
industrial and population grow
th in the county, and to learn
how local agriculture can best
adapt to these changes.
The conservation directors
plan another meeting with
Harned next month to outline
reasonable goals and objectives
for planning agricultural land
use, and integrating their goals
with those of the planning
commission.
Fry Wins Top Trophy At
Holstein Field Day Albert
R. Fry, Manheim R 2, won the
challenge trophy Wednesday
(July 28) at the annual
ter County Holstein Field Day
with a score of 283.3 points' k
The event, held at the Sunhy
Craft Farm of Clarence Stauff
er, Ephrata Rl, attracted 400
local Holstein breeders and
their families
In the ladies contest, Mrs.
Kenneth Hershey, —Kinzer Rl,
was the winner; junior division
winner was Shirley Hershey of
Lititz R 2.
Five Years Ago
JULY, 1961
Hot Hay Blamed In Barn
Fire Hot hay was blamed
for a fire that swept through
a large, frame barn in East
Lampeter Township this week
(July 1) The fire, causing an
estimated $17,000 damage to
the barn and its contents, was
on the Aaron & Melvin Kolb
farm at 621 Willow Ed, Lan
caster
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County 4-H Queens Chosen— Tour Two Counties Some
Barbara Rock and Pat Zart- 125 Lancaster County poultry
man were chosen Junior ami farmers visited four sites in
senior 4-H posture queens, res- Lebanon and Berks Counties
pectively, for 1961 Tuesday Wednesday (July 26) on the
evening (July 18) at Long's annual Lancaster County Poul-
Park, Lancaster. try Assn. tour.
i Mi s Roc M s the , The grouP( traveling in two
daughtei of Mr. and Mrs. Don- busses and several cars, saw a
aid Rock of 1011 New Street. (Continued on Page 12)
Akron. She represented the
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